The role of state schools of higher vocational education in the sustainable development process

Abstract

The indications of creating at the end of the 1990s and in the first decade of the 21st century public higher vocational schools were undoubtedly included in the idea of sustainable development. Thereby, the hypothesis that the functioning of higher schools fosters the current process of sustainable development is justified. The hypothesis was verified by means of inductive and deductive reasoning. The effects of analyses and considerations indicate the significant role of state schools of higher vocational education in the sustainable development process. Increasing educational opportunities for young people from smaller towns, the growth of gross enrolment ratio in regions where state higher vocational schools were formed, indirect economic stimulation in these regions and supplying them with financial means from the national budget in the form of grants for higher schools and financial assistance for students, boosting revitalisation processes in urban areas and the positive effects of cooperation of these schools with numerous entities in the socio-economic environment seem to demonstrate that their functioning supports the development of subregional centres, and in this way,  contributes to sustainable development at the regional scale.